Best Hutu Poems
Rwanda's Buried CalvaryA hundred days of tomb-like silence; a hundred days of blind eyes and deaf ears; a hundred days of wooden hearts and cruel minds. This was long ago, but still its stigma is there. Years may pass but MY LIFE will never be the same...
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Categories:
hutu, history, inspiration, life, race,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Time of TerrorA Time of Terror – The Rwandese Genocide
A screeching sound woke me from my sleep, I looked around in fear and trepidation
Sensing a lurking gaze in the shadows, beyond the room I slept in
Sweat began to slide down my brow,That night, the night I...
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Categories:
hutu, abuse, anger, child, dad,
Form:
After the GenocideFor years, the ominous signs were palpable
The deep fraternal mistrust festered and discernable
Propagated by colonial masters to divide and make Rwanda malleable
And left lingering became monstrous and uncontrollable
Snowballing in 1994 into an orgy of murderous hate
As Hutu brothers turned against their Tutsis siblings
For three cruel...
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Categories:
hutu, abuse, anger, conflict, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
History Worth WritingHISTORY WORTH WRITING
Gone are the days,
However unforgettable days
Of great loss of humanity,
Where people were preys to others,
Killed massively,
Yet innocent enough not to deserve even a pinch, ...
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Categories:
hutu, africa,
Form:
Free verse
Rwanda's PainThe Belgian masters of old
gave in to the devil's wish,
offering Tutsi blood to
fill the Hutu tribal dish.
Wretched souls hacked asunder
killed in the shadow of fear,
corpses soaked in crimson blood
yet, the world shed not a tear.
The presence of God's church was
absent from the bloody scene,
hidden from...
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Categories:
hutu, abuse, angst, anxiety, conflict,
Form:
Quatrain
Bantu PeopleBantus
Are well known as
The ancient hibrow Israelites,
In all Africa and abroad,
They protect their
Culture and
Traditions which reffer
To Deuteronomy and
Laws
Of Moses.
When you go to vira,
Shi, ngala,
Luwa, kongo,
Nyamwezi ,mongo,
Makuwa ,sotho,
Chewa, shona,
Bemba , luba,
Bembe, zulu,
Fuliru ,hutu,
Ganda, and...
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Categories:
hutu, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse